I just noticed that our CD, A Celtic Renaissance Wedding, is the one of the Top 10 Most-Popular Celtic New Age CDs on CD Baby at #6. It is also listed as the Editor's Pick of great CDs there. Considering it has twice been one of the Top 100 CDs sold in their annual poll and the number of outstanding reviews for this album, it is no great surprise.

A Celtic Renaissance Wedding was first released in 2003 as a compilation of romantic Celtic and Renaissance love songs for fans of the Brobdingnagian Bards and for couples getting married. The low price has made it a huge success over other Celtic wedding CDs.

Finding the perfect Irish wedding song is no easy task. You might be better suited to looking for Irish song lyrics in general rather than for a specific webpage. That's because there are only a limited number of Celtic wedding artists out there. Rather, many Celtic musicians are happy to play, but only a few specialize in the service.

My group, the Brobdingnagian Bards, doesn't play too many Celtic weddings. However, we do have one of the most-popular Celtic wedding CDs around. There, you can find a number of Irish wedding songs listed there.

But again, look for romantic love songs. The Irish tradition has a vast number of those songs. But those can be found in many directories of "Irish song lyrics".

Here are some romantic Celtic/Irish songs:

• Star of the County Down
• The Bridge
• Wild Mountain Thyme
• When She Held Me in Her Arms

I'll have to look around and find some more in the future.

If you're looking for great music for your Austin wedding, I have a great recommendation--the Brobdingnagian Bards. I know, I know. I play with the band, so I'm biased. But hey, don't take my word for it. Check out these referrals:

"We had planned on having a string quartet at our wedding. While looking on the web for groups, we ran across The Bards. We immediately called Karen's dad, since he was footing the bill, and played Tolkien over the phone. It was an instant hit and we later chose it as the solo for our wedding ceremony. We decided to be a little different and use Maids in the Meadow for the recessional. It was wonderful!"
--Karen and Erik Hayden, Austin Wedding Newlyweds

It's not very easy actually to hire us. We tour outside of Austin constantly, but our Austin wedding music is always available. One of our most-popular CDs is A Celtic Renaissance Wedding. Yes, it's an album of Celtic-style wedding music.

Our Austin wedding CD has been used in countless weddings by both fans of Celtic music and non-fans a-like. It's available for just $9.97 online, or you can purchase a copy exclusively offline at Things Celtic (ph# 512-472-2358) at 1805 W. 35th Street if you want to avoid shipping. Incidentally, I understand it's their best-selling CD!

Check out these samples to see if this is your type of music:

Shepherd's Serenade
Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)

Of course, our wedding music is most available in Austin. So if you plan to have an Austin wedding or a wedding near Austin, make sure you check out CELTIC WEDDINGS - Classical Celtic Wedding Music!

I played the autoharp this weekend at a house concert. I really love my instrument. It has such a beautiful sound. Today I was thinking it is the perfect wedding ceremony music instrument for people who want something beautifully different.

Imagine for a moment the sound of a classical guitar. Full and soulful. That's the autoharp. Add on top of that heartfelt and original. That's the autoharp. The autoharp is magical instrument. No one plays it, mostly because it is slow to tune. But it has such a wholistic and peaceful sound it can take your breath away.

That's one of the reasons I'm recording a CD of instrumental music, to highlight the magical sounds of the autoharp.

There's more to it than that, though. My band, the Brobdingnagian Bards, doesn't play too many Austin weddings, but listening to the autoharp over and over, I think it is the perfect wedding ceremony music. With or without the recorder, it's lush and tasteful. Just like Celtic weddings in general. When it's done, I'll probably release the album as a wedding CD too.

The music is just too cool not to.